The Pants Project

Cat Clarke

Mar 2017 · Blackstone Audio Inc. · Narrated by Julia Whelan

About this audiobook

A Transformer is a robot in disguise. Liv is a boy in disguise. It’s that simple. Liv knows he was always meant to

be a boy, but with his new school’s terrible dress code, he can’t even wear pants. Only Skirts. Operation: Pants

Project begins! The only way for Liv to get what he wants is to go after it himself. But to Liv, this isn’t just a

mission to change the school policy—it’s a mission to change his life. Ant that’s a pretty big deal.

Awardwnning

author Cat Clarke makes her middlegrade

debut with this hilarious and heartfelt underdog story.

Liv may not be an alienfighting

robot, but he is fighting to make the world a better place...one leg at a time.

Ratings and reviews

4 stars — I…don’t read Middle Grade books. I just don’t have a lot of interest, probably because I cringe at my middle grade self when I think on the past. It’s a rough age, no doubt about that. But I saw this on Chirp, and it had Julia Whelan as a narrator, and I just know I need more gender identity books in my life. And I can only imagine that this is an age where things start to become really really difficult for anyone trying to figure themselves out and assert themselves. And honestly, that’s just exactly what I got from this book. It wasn’t just Liv struggling with their inner identity, it was also all the age old struggles of middle school and fitting in and bullying and all that stuff. I kind of expected Liv’s gender identity to be more in the forefront, but it was really more just between Liv and us. It just happens that the Pants Project grew from Liv’s struggle. I LOVED seeing Liv interact with his family — I didn’t expect the two mom’s, and so that was a bit of a surprise. His brother Enzo was also kind of hilarious. I think my favourite part was the developing friendship with Jacob. What a great friend he turned out to be, with his own struggles (which also surprised me). While it felt like there were some stereotypical male/female gender likes/dislikes initially, it actually sort of blended out by the end. I really enjoyed Liv’s journey, even as parts of it weren’t what I was expecting.

it was a good story but i doesn't understand why the audiobook was read by a women. the book was about a transgender boy.

About the author

Cat Clarke is the bestselling, award-winning author of novels for teens and young adults. She was born in Zambia, brought up in Edinburgh and Yorkshire, and attended university in Edinburgh. Now a full-time writer, she was previously an editor at Scholastic UK, where she worked on nonfiction bestsellers.

Julia Whelan is a screenwriter, lifelong actor, and award-winning audiobook narrator. She graduated with a degree in English and creative writing from Middlebury College and Oxford University. While she was in England, her flirtation with tea blossomed into a full-blown love affair, culminating in her eventual certification as a tea master.